SHALLOTTE — Many motorists may feel like the Ocean Isle Beach and Shallotte areas are the current road construction capitals of the world.

Ongoing road construction at three different locations in and around the two towns has caused significant traffic delays as the North Carolina Department of Transportation continues work a roundabout at N.C. 179 and Hale Swamp Road, in addition to other road construction projects.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation agents arrested a pharmacy technician who faces drug trafficking charges Monday, July 27.

Two agents with the SBI’s Diversion and Environmental Crimes Unit arrested Dustin Lee Holloman, 31, of Savannah Lane SW in Supply, on three felony counts of embezzlement of a controlled substance from a drug enforcement agent, a felony count of trafficking in opiates and misdemeanor possession of schedule II and schedule IV controlled substances.

A Shallotte man will spend four to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges in Brunswick County Superior Court.

Judge Ebern T. Watson sentenced 42-year-old Alex Ohara King to 49 to 81 months in the North Carolina Department of Correction after King pleaded guilty to second-degree kidnapping, assault by strangulation, communicating threats and injury to personal property, according to a District Attorney’s Office news release issued Wednesday, July 29.

SOUTHPORT — When Dr. Susanne Adams began her stint as Brunswick Community College president in July 2011, the college’s board of trustees hadn’t decided how it would move forward with its plans for a Southport campus.

Eventually, trustees approved renovating the old alternative school on Lord Street and transforming it into a continuing education center with more classroom space and art studios.

Four years later, college staff and trustees are two weeks away from officially opening the Southport campus.

Belville filed a full complaint July 27 in its lawsuit against Urban Smart Growth (USG), including more details in the breakdown of the partnership that was intended to create a downtown development on the Brunswick River.

Belville officials filed the lawsuit July 7 with an extension allowing the town to file its full complaint by July 27.

Belville and USG developer Lance Robbins signed a resolution in 2007 for a 20-year agreement to work together on a master redevelopment plan of large-scale mixed-use development constructed in multiple phases over two decades.

A Brunswick County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a wild hog after it chased a woman in Supply.

According to a report from the sheriff’s office communications center, Brenda Powell called 911 to report the incident at her home on Stanley Road between Taft Road and Windy Ridge Trail around 7 a.m. July 18.

Powell said a wild boar was in her yard and wouldn’t leave and had scared children at the residence and surrounding area.

She said she had spoken with animal services and was told they couldn’t do anything.